8-letter words containing z, s
- schwartz — Delmore [del-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈdɛl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1913–1966, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- scuzzbag — a despicable or unethical person
- seizable — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- seize on — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- seize up — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- selznick — David O(liver) 1902–65, U.S. motion-picture producer.
- shenzhou — any of a series of manned Chinese spacecraft
- shih tzu — one of a Tibetan breed of toy dogs having a long luxurious coat of any color, formerly bred in imperial China as a pet of the nobility.
- shih-tzu — one of a Tibetan breed of toy dogs having a long luxurious coat of any color, formerly bred in imperial China as a pet of the nobility.
- shizuoka — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.
- shkotzim — a term used especially by a Jew to refer to a boy or man who is not Jewish.
- shlimazl — schlimazel.
- show biz — show business.
- shvartze — Yiddish: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. schvartze.
- sierozem — any of a group of calcareous, brownish gray soils based in a carbonate or hardpan layer, found in arid climates.
- simazine — a colorless crystalline selective herbicide, C 7 H 1 2 ClN 5 , used for season-long weed control in corn and other crops.
- similize — to liken or compare
- simonize — to shine or polish to a high sheen, especially with wax: to simonize an automobile.
- sinicize — to make Chinese in character or bring under Chinese influence.
- sirenize — to allure, esp by melodious singing
- sironize — to treat (a woollen fabric) chemically to prevent it wrinkling after being washed
- sitzmark — a sunken area in the snow marking a backward fall of a skier.
- sizeable — of considerable size; fairly large: He inherited a sizable fortune.
- sizeably — sizable.
- siziness — (of blood) the state of being sizy
- sizzlers — to make a hissing sound, as in frying or burning.
- sizzling — to make a hissing sound, as in frying or burning.
- sleazoid — a sleazy person
- soberize — to make sober.
- sodomize — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- solarize — Photography. to reverse (an image) partially, as from negative to positive, by exposure to light during development.
- solecize — to commit a solecism
- solonetz — a type of intrazonal soil with a high saline content characterized by leaching
- sororize — to socialize in a sisterly way
- spaetzle — a dish consisting of lumps or threads made from a batter of flour, milk, eggs, and salt, usually poured through a coarse colander into boiling water, and then either drained and mixed in butter, lightly pan-fried, or added to sauces, stews, etc.
- spaz out — an awkward or clumsy person.
- spazzing — an awkward or clumsy person.
- spetsnaz — a Soviet intelligence force
- sporozoa — the protist phylum (or animal class) comprising the sporozoans.
- spritzer — a tall drink made with chilled wine and soda.
- spritzig — (of wine) sparkling
- stanzaic — an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.
- stargaze — to gaze at or observe the stars.
- steinitz — William (Wilhelm Steinitz) 1836–1900, U.S. chess player, born in Austria-Hungary.
- stoozing — the practice of borrowing money at low interest for investment in a high-interest account
- strelitz — a Russian soldier armed with firearms in the 16th and 17th centuries
- stylized — to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize.
- sub-zero — indicating or recording lower than zero on some scale, especially on the Fahrenheit scale: a week of sub-zero temperatures.
- suberize — to convert into cork tissue.
- subitize — to perceive at a glance the number of items presented, the limit for humans being about seven.